VIDEO: Raw Video Of Portland PD Shooting Armed Suspect At AA Meeting

According to The Oregonian, at around 7:30 p.m., officers responded to a collision at Southeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

While they were en route, they determined that the vehicle involved has been carjacked earlier that day.

Officers located the suspect at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting being held at a nearby homeless shelter, and they received reports that he was armed.

A witness told KATU that the suspect was threatening himself and others with a knife.

Few other details have been officially released at this time, and it's unclear what exactly happened before the video started.

Police arrived and the start of the video showed people fleeing from the suspect.

According to The Oregonian, Portland Police spokesman Sgt. Chris Burley said that it was unclear if the suspect was armed at the time he was shot. However, the suspect's knife is clearly visible in the video.

Officers in the video could be heard repeatedly ordering the suspect to drop his knife, and he refused to do so.

An unknown number of officers shot the suspect, who later succumbed to his injuries.

The officers have been placed on administrative leave and evidence collected in the shooting will be presented to a grand jury, which is standard for Portland PD shootings.

The suspect has not been identified, and it has not yet been confirmed if he is the carjacker.

You can see the video of the shooting below. WARNING: Graphic Content.

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Aaron57

Apr 8, 2018

At least they person posting the video appears pro-LE for once.

TrueAmerican

Apr 9, 2018

Sad to see anyone lose their life but he was a threat. Good job Law Enforcement. They take NO pleasure in taking anyone's life. 🙏🇺🇸💙

trena.sutton

Apr 9, 2018

I live in the Portland area. This large city has so much police Anamous. I asked people on FB to wait for an investigation to take place I've been threatened by several and even the widow of the deceased man was hostile but didnt threaten me.

This isn't going to help since they murdered the wrong guy. The cops were looking for a carjacker in a red coat with a knife who they thought ran into the shelter. John Elifritz, in the blue coat, had been there for sometime and had been having a mental episode since Friday. When he saw the cops he began cutting himself with a small box cutter. Shoot first, ask questions later. This one will not go well.

LEO0301

Apr 9, 2018

@Eaglescout Watch the video again, sport. Elifritz was wearing a two tone RED and blue coat. There is nothing to indicate the police shot the "wrong guy". The only one saying that is you, a person with strong anti-police bias.